An ARRL Affiliated Special Service Club
The Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club is a general-purpose club with the goal of promoting and supporting the educational and operational aspects of ham radio through ham radio classes, on-the-air events, and hands-on activity. THE SATURDAY BREAKFAST MEETINGS ARE HELD AT PERKINS IN GARDNER EACH SATURDAY. YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US 6:30 AM TO ~8:30AM. The monthly business meeting is the 2nd Saturday of each month. This meeting is a hybrid meeting in which you can attend in person at Perkins in Gardner or you can attend via a Zoom connection. Additionally, the club holds a Tech Night presentation via Zoom the last Thursday evening of each month at 7:30 pm. Log in to the web site and select the "Links/Zoom Links" menu to find meeting links or contact a club officer.
| 21 Aug 2026; 12:00PM - 07:00PM Joplin Hamfest 1 |
| 22 Aug 2026; 08:00AM - 02:00PM Joplin Hamfest 2 |
| 22 Aug 2026; 09:00AM - 03:00PM Huntsfille, AL Hamfest |
| 22 Aug 2026; 09:00AM - 03:00PM Huntsfille, AL Hamfest |
| 25 Aug 2026; 08:00PM - SFTARC Net |
| 27 Aug 2026; 07:30PM - 08:30PM Tech Night - B-25 Mitchell Bomber and the Effect of WWII on Ham Radio |
| 29 Aug 2026; 09:00AM - 03:00PM Kansas QSO Party (KQS) Aug 29th-30th |
Pat, KFØOYS presented a talk on Military Radios for the SFTARC July 2026 Tech Night.He presented details for a simple radio made from readily available parts.
Good Day to the Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club. It is that time of year again for the Kansas QSO party. I am Jeff Darby,...
Several retired Honeywell-Olathe employees now live in Colorado and belong to their local Chaffee Lake Amateur Radio Association. The local paper wrote up this very...
Brian, WQØA, presented a video on his YouTube channel titled "Field Day at a Ham Radio Landmark | Ensor Museum, Santa Fe Trail ARC & More". The video started with an...
At our April 30th, 2026, tech night, George McCarville, WB0CNK, covered essential grounding techniques for ham radio, focusing on safety, lightning, and RF grounding. Key...
In the March 2026 tech night discussion, Tom Apalenek WA2IVD, highlighted that the commonly referenced "12V" is actually 13.8V, accounting for a ±15%...
